Mobile data usage problem

I currently have a pre-pay contract and I only use data for wassap and occasionally maps, and momentary visits to a website or iTunes to get it to play a tune. In other words, very little usage out and about. However…


I noticed I was losing my credit quickly so I turned on mobile data statistics, to see if this would explain what’s going on.


How can I prevent these applications etc using mobile data? I don’t even appear to have Siri on my phone, so that’s weird too.


Or is it that I have made things worse by turning on statistics?! Is that what’s using my data up?!!


This is the report:


Apple ID Services

24.4 KB

DNS Services

104 KB

Game Center

1.42 KB

HomeKit

13.5 KB

iCloud

27.2 KB

iTunes Accounts

56.6 KB

Mapping Services

5.67 KB

Media Services

21.7 KB

Networking

27.7 KB

Push Notifications

125 KB

Screen Time

128 KB

Siri

9.17 KB

Software Updates

44.0 KB

Time & Location

151 KB

Posted on Sep 27, 2024 11:56 AM

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Posted on Sep 27, 2024 12:25 PM

The total of those is about a half megabyte. That’s about the size of one WhatsApp message, or going to one browser page. While you can turn off some of them, it won’t really make any difference in your usage, and it will reduce the utility of your iPhone considerably.


Streaming one 3 minute song will use about 10 megabytes, as a point of comparison.

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Sep 27, 2024 12:25 PM in response to Wanderingboots

The total of those is about a half megabyte. That’s about the size of one WhatsApp message, or going to one browser page. While you can turn off some of them, it won’t really make any difference in your usage, and it will reduce the utility of your iPhone considerably.


Streaming one 3 minute song will use about 10 megabytes, as a point of comparison.

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